--- title: "13 War Terrible Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 13 War Terrible quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best War Terrible sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/myles-standish-264895_causes_war-is-a-terrible-trade-but-when-the-cau_2270010.png" --- > [War is a terrible trade. But when the cause is just, the smell of gunpowder is sweet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-standish/war-is-a-terrible-trade-but-when-the-cause-is-just-the-smell-of/) [Myles Standish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myles-standish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/myles-standish-264895_causes_war-is-a-terrible-trade-but-when-the-cau_2270010.png) > [You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tecumseh-sherman/you-people-speak-so-lightly-of-war-you-don-t-know-what-you-re-talking/) [William Tecumseh Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tecumseh-sherman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/william-tecumseh-sherman-7374_american-civil-war_you-people-speak-so-lightly-of-war-you-d_228808.jpg) > [“What a terrible thing war is, what a terrible thing!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/what-a-terrible-thing-war-is-what-a-terrible-thing/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/leo-tolstoy-55_peace_what-a-terrible-thing-war-is-what-a-terr_2094433.png) > [It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/it-is-well-that-war-is-so-terrible-otherwise-we-should-grow-too-fond/) [Robert E. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/robert-e-lee-2368_fond_it-is-well-that-war-is-so-terrible-other_647134.png) > [It's a good thing war is so terrible or else we'd get to liking it too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-frazier/it-s-a-good-thing-war-is-so-terrible-or-else-we-d-get-to-liking-it/) [Charles Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-frazier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/charles-frazier-3165_good-thing_it-s-a-good-thing-war-is-so-terrible-or_231286.png) > [War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-mcguinness/war-is-terrible-there-is-nothing-romantic-about-war/) [Martin McGuinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-mcguinness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/martin-mcguinness-9531_about_war-is-terrible-there-is-nothing-romanti_601232.png) > [It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/it-is-well-that-war-is-so-terrible-we-should-grow-too-fond-of-it/) [Robert E. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/robert-e-lee-2368_grow_it-is-well-that-war-is-so-terrible-we-sh_707898.png) > [To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/to-hear-of-a-thousand-deaths-in-war-is-terrible-and-we-know-that-it/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/wendell-berry-236_death_to-hear-of-a-thousand-deaths-in-war-is-t_1459241.jpg) > [We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tecumseh-sherman/we-can-make-war-so-terrible-and-make-them-so-sick-of-war-that/) [William Tecumseh Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tecumseh-sherman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/william-tecumseh-sherman-7374_american-civil-war_we-can-make-war-so-terrible-and-make-the_596607.jpg) > [It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/it-is-a-fearful-thing-to-lead-this-great-peaceful-people-into-war/) [Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/woodrow-wilson-534_balance_it-is-a-fearful-thing-to-lead-this-great_1213191.jpg) > [Well, my theory is this: war is such a terrible, such an atrocious, thing that no man, at least no Christian man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/well-my-theory-is-this-war-is-such-a-terrible-such-an-atrocious-thing/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/leo-tolstoy-55_antiwar_well-my-theory-is-this-war-is-such-a-ter_1582327.png) > [We cannot change the hearts of the people of the South, but we can make war so terrible that they will realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tecumseh-sherman/we-cannot-change-the-hearts-of-the-people-of-the-south-but-we-can/) [William Tecumseh Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tecumseh-sherman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/william-tecumseh-sherman-7374_brave_we-cannot-change-the-hearts-of-the-peopl_2117864.jpg) > [Every country should be tired of going to war. War is a terrible thing. If I had been in Congress, as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-rumsfeld/every-country-should-be-tired-of-going-to-war-war-is-a-terrible-thing/) [Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-rumsfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/donald-rumsfeld-1507_congress_every-country-should-be-tired-of-going-t_1241187.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war-terrible/#itemlist", "name": "War Terrible Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "War is a terrible trade. 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